Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake)

[Flavius.Vespasianus@signature.below.d]

In article <3404E9D8.6E3D@epix.net>, whiting@epix.net wrote:
>Bertrand Meyer wrote:
>> 
>> The Toronto Globe and Mail wrote that Corel was "ditching"
>> Java efforts. This has been criticized on some newsgroups
>> as being exaggerated. But here is the report from Computer
>> Reseller News in Techwire (see
>> http://192.215.107.71/wire/news/aug/0817corel.html
>> for the full text):
>> 
>>         OTTAWA -- Corel has rethought its Java strategy,
>>         according to sources briefed by the company.
>> 
>>         Now, the plan is to put the bulk of application
>>         logic on servers, which would then
>>         serve up what's needed to the client, whether that client
>>         is a PC or a Network Computer, said Amy Wohl, president
>>         of Wohl Associates, a Narberth, Pa., researcher.
>> 
>>         Previously, the company was rewriting its bread-and-butter
>>         drawing and productivity applications in Java. But that
>>         effort has been delayed significantly.
>> 
>>         Corel now plans to use home-grown technology, code-named
>>         Remagen [...]
>> 
>>         There still will be a lower-end Java suite for NCs due in
>>         October, Wohl noted, but the thrust has shifted considerably
>>         to the enterprise.
>> 
>> The word "altogether" in "Dropping its Java strategy altogether"
>> was based on the initial press reports and may turn out to be too
>> strong. The jury is still out as to how "altogether" the drop is,
>> although in the software business "delayed significantly" is often a
>> euphemism for something more fatal. The point of my note (not a flame,
>> just a reporting of fact) stands: that the great showcase of Java
>> triumph, reported everywhere including in these newsgroups, was
>> perhaps advertized a bit prematurely.
>> 
>> See also: http://www4.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_799.html.
>
>The "Toronto Globe and Mail" doesn't sound like a technical publication
>to me, but rather a generic newspaper.  Correct?
>
>As a pilot, I know how accurately most newspapers report airplane
>accidents.  If this level of accuracy also applies to technology
>strategy reports (and I'll wager it does given the technical awareness
>of most newspaper reporters), then I don't think I'd quote this source
>in a technically oriented newsgroup.

As a computer professional (and a pilot as well), I know how accurately most 
trade rags report on the computer industry. The accuracy is no better than in 
the regular newspapers.

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